Test Lead
📍 Brisbane – Hybrid | 3 days in office, 2 days from home
📅 6-Month Contract | Likely to Extend
🚀 ASAP Start
We are seeking an experienced Test Lead to join an ongoing deployment project and lead testing activities across multiple workstreams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage testing activities across projects and workstreams.
- Plan and coordinate functional, integration, system, UAT, regression and performance testing.
- Define and implement test strategies, plans and approaches.
- Coordinate testing resources, schedules, environments, test data and dependencies.
- Run regular testing stand-ups and manage test allocation.
- Review and approve test cases, scripts and test evidence.
- Manage defect triage, prioritisation and resolution with delivery teams.
- Provide testing status updates, quality metrics, risks and issues to stakeholders.
- Ensure testing meets governance, quality and compliance requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement across testing practices, tools and automation.
Skills & Experience
- 10+ years' experience leading test planning, coordination and execution.
- Strong experience across functional, integration and system testing.
- Proven experience defining test strategies and managing end-to-end test delivery.
- Experience with Jira or equivalent test/defect management tools.
- Strong understanding of SDLC and QA best practices.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and leadership capabilities.
- Mining or similar industry experience is advantageous, but not essential.
Apply now if you are an experienced Test Lead available for an ASAP start.
To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Ian Cardinal on +617 3472 6580 or email icardinal@paxus.com.au and quote the above job reference number.
Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.








